Sheet-metal packing-case.



PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905.

y A. T. KRUSE.

SHEET METAL PACKING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.3,1904.

2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

PATENTED NOV. 21 1905.

A. T. KRUSB, SHE-ET METAL PACKING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED 1330.3,1904,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

ALFRED T. KRUSE, OF DEFIANCE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN- STEELPACKAGE COMPANY, OF DEFIANOE, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

SHEET-METAL PACKING-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

Application filed December 3, 1904. Serial No. 235,344.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ALFRED T. KRUSE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Defiance, in the county of Defiance and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Sheet-Metal Packing-Cases, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sheet-metal packing-casesespecially designed for the transportation of liquidssuch as mineralwaters, milk, beer, pop, &c.contained in bottles and similar vessels.

Holders for bottles, 620., have been extensively employed for thecarrying of liquids from place to place, and such holders have usuallybeen made of wooden boxes with partitions or divisions to prevent thebottles coming into direct contact with each other, and in someinstances a false bottom has been employed, with perforations adapted toreceive the bottle-necks. Such holders, however, are objectionable fromthe fact that being made of wood they soon become soaked with fluid,filthy, decayed, and broken.

The present invention relates particularly to sheet-metal partitions ordivisions adapted to prevent the bottles coming into direct contact witheach other and designed especially for use in sheet-metal packing-caseshaving side and end walls, substantially as shown in the accompanyingdrawings, and particularly shown, described, and claimed in myapplication for Letters Patent for sheet-metal packing-cases, filedFebruary 4, 190 Serial No. 192,058.

The invention consists, essentially, of a series of mainsupporting-barsextending lengthwise of the case and a series of cross or auxiliarysupporting-bars intersecting said main bars and extending crosswise ofthe case and all of said supporting-bars having the ends thereof securedto the side and end walls of the case.

The paramount object of the invention is to produce a generally improvedsheet-metal packing device for use in sheet-metal packing cases whichwill be exceeding simple in construction, cheap of manufacture, and efiicient in use. I

With these ends in view the invention consists in the novelconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafterdescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims.

Referring now to the drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l is a perspective view of one of my sheet-metal cases equippedwith my improved sheet-metal supporting-bars. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of thesame. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the end of one of the crossor auxiliary supporting-bars as secured to the side walls of the case.Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the end of one of the cross orauxiliary supporting-bars. Fig. 6 is a detail view of a portion of oneof the main supporting-bars and cross or auxiliary supporting-bars. Fig.7 is adetail sectional view of the end of one of the mainsupporting-bars as secured to the end walls of the case.

Similar numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout all thefigures of the drawings.

In the drawings, 1 designates the side and end walls of the case, withinand between which the sheet-metal supporting-bars, hereinafter morefullydescribed, are mountedand interposed.

2 designates a series of main supportingbars extending longitudinally ofthe case and secured in the present instance to the end walls 1 of thecase by having the ends thereof bent at right angles to abut againstsaid end walls 1 and held in proper position by means of rivets 3.

4 designates a beading formed with said supporting-bars 2 by having theupper and lower edges thereof bent over and about to form the same,substantially as shown.

5 designates a series of openings or recesses formed in the upper andlower edges of said supporting-bars 2, adjacent to said beading 4L, andadapted to receive a series of cross or auxiliary supporting-bars 6,hereinafter more fully described. Upon referring to the drawings it willbe seen that said cross supporting-bars 6 each consist of a single pieceof sheet metal bent upon itself into substantially inverted-U shape incross-section to form its upper portion 7 and having its lower ordepending sides or brackets 8 bent inwardly or beveled, as shown. Thisis done for the purpose of forming the same into convenient shape forhandling and lnserting the same in the openings or recesses 5 of themain supporting-bars 2 (see Fig. 6) when assembling the supporting-bars2 and 6 and also to prevent the edges from coming in contact with thelabels of the bottles when withdrawn, so as not to tear them, as mightotherwise be the case. 9 designates a series of recesses formed alongthe upper portion 7 and lower portion 8 of said crosssupporting-barsGand designed to receive and form a seat for the beading4, formed by the upper and lower edges of said main supporting-bars 2,as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings.

10 designates ears formed atthe ends of the cross supporting-bars 6 anddesigned to take into a series of vertical slots formed in the sidewalls of the case and secured therein by having the ends thereof bentback against said side walls, as shown most clearly in Fig. 1 of thedrawings. For convenience in riveting or turning the ends of the cars 10back one of the ends is formed longer than the other, as shown in Fig. 4of the drawings.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention without having attempted to set forthall the forms in which it may be made or all the modes of its use, Ideclare that what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In sheet-metal packing-cases, the combination of aseries of mainsupporting-bars extending longitudinally thereof and suitably secured tothe end walls, a beading formed with the upper and lower edges of saidmain supporting-bars, a series of openings or recesses formed thereinadjacent to said heading, a series of cross supporting-bars intersectingsaid main supporting-bars by passing through said openings formedtherein, a series of recesses formed along the upper portion of saidlast-mentioned bars and adapted to receive and form a seat for thebeading of the main supporting-bars, and means for securing the ends ofsaid cross-bars in the front and rear walls of the case.

2. In a sheet-metal packing-case, the combination of a series of mainsupporting-bars .suitably secured to the end walls of the case andprovided with a beading formed at the upper and lower edges thereof anda series of openings formed therein adjacent to-said beading, a seriesof cross supporting-bars and provided with a series of recesses formedalong the upper portion thereof and adapted to take over the beading ofsaid main bars, and means for securing the ends thereof, to the frontand rear walls of the case.

3. In a sheet-metal packing-case, the combination with a series of mainsupporting-bars secured to the end walls of the case, a beading formedwith the upper and lower edges thereof, and a series of openings formedtherein adjacent to said beading; of a series of cross supporting-barsmounted in said openings of said main supporting-bars, a series ofrecesses formed therein and adapted to take over and form a seat forsaid beading of the main bars, and means for securing the ends thereofin the walls of the case. I

4. In sheet-metal packing-cases, the combination with a series of mainsupporting-bars suitably secured to the walls thereof; of a series ofcross supporting-bars, suitably secured to the walls of the case andintersecting said first-mentioned bars, and each consisting of a pieceof sheet metal bent upon itself into substantially inverted-U shape, incross-section, and having its depending sides or edges bent inwardly orbeveled.

5. In a sheet-metal packing-case, the combination with a series of mainsupporting-bars suitably secured to the walls of the case and providedwith a series of openings near the upper and lower edges thereof; ofaseries of cross supporting-bars suitably secured to the walls of thecase and intersecting said firstmentioned bars through said openings,and each consisting of a piece of sheet metal bent upon itself intosubstantially inverted-U shape in cross-section.

6. In a sheet-metal packing-case, the combination with a series of mainsupporting-bars secured to the walls of the case and provided with aseries of openings near the upper edges thereof; of a series of crosssupportingbars, of inverted-U shape in cross-section, in tersecting saidfirst-mentioned bars through said openings and secured to the walls ofthe case.

7. In asheet-metal packing-case, the combination with a mainsupporting-bar provided with a beading formed at the upper edge thereofand an opening formed therein adjacent to said beading; of a crosssupportingbar intersecting said main supporting-bar by passing throughsaid opening formed therein, and a recess formed along the upper portionthereof and adapted to receive and form a seat for the beading of saidmain supportingbar. I

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALFRED T. KRUSE.

Witnesses:

(JURTIs M. WILLOOK, FRANK B. DIEHL.

